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Those of you old enough to remember, will recall the hype that surrounded the release of Windows 95, back in the days when the boys from Redmond were the undisputed kings of the high-tech world. It was so big, it didn’t seem odd to use a popular Rolling Stones song (“Start Me Up”) or have Jay Leno on stage with Bill Gates at the unveiling. From our recollection of the times, the hype was fairly suffocating.

Microsoft Corp. has been ripping a hole in the stock charts the past week, with no regard for the skeptics who deride the venerable Seattle-area tech stalwart as a dowdy old also-ran. It’s leading the Dow industrials for the fourth day in the past five sessions, with a 2.3% rise at last glance. Read More »